Originally posted on FurtherAfrica: China and Brazil are set to increase their influence in Africa, with the recently launched New Development Bank opening offices in Johannesburg this month and preparing to issue its first loans in April. New research on China and Brazil in African Agriculture published in acclaimed journal, World Development, reveals that the…

​Det händer mycket…/ Much is happening now. .. I must forward this! 2016 30/10, FURTHER AFRICA: – The Chinese-built railway linking the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa and the port of Djibouti, which will be Africa’s first modern electrified railway, was inaugurated in Addis Ababa Wednesday. The 752.7 km railway, with a designed speed of 120 … More ‘Chinese-built railways in Africa’